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Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... off for the group's employed advisers in 2014. In October, Commonwealth Bank began advocating for government intervention in removing grandfathered commissions for super and investment products. "We support the removal of grandfathered commissions ...

CBA to refund dead customers, grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... accounts by about $20 million annually. This will commence in January 2019. CBA is also advocating for government intervention in removing such payments on super and investment products. "We support the removal of grandfathered commissions from superannuation ...

O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The Revenue and Financial Services Minister said the Federal Government is prepared to take matters into its own hands because superannuation funds still aren't doing enough to stop life insurance premiums unduly eroding retirement savings. Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... stranded asset risk. In a recent whitepaper Impax argues investors should model the impact of potential government intervention in fossil fuel markets and replace their market-weighted basket of energy stocks with a new energy basket. This would include ...

Australians don't want government to step in on super: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
It appears a widely held view by older Australians that federal government intervention with superannuation will damage their retirement savings. According to annual research released by REST Industry Super today, 86% of more than 1,000 respondents ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... introducing longer responsibility periods. However, in Australia insurers have declined to act and are seeking Government intervention or regulation and blaming all issues on the advice channel, the company said. In light of the Australian Securities ...

Boost impact investing, says FSI

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... investors accessing wholesale offerings for social impact bonds. The Inquiry agreed with the premise that government intervention can play a catalytic role both in facilitating the functioning of the ecosystem and targeting actions to trigger its further ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... failure' in our super system. Eight in ten workers do not choose their own fund. As with all market failure, government intervention is required (the market cannot fix its own failure). "The disengagement amongst the Australian workforce is in part the ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... survey also highlighted the most important issues investment managers expect to face in 2014, which are government intervention, inflation, global economic imbalances and financial instability, with government intervention being a very significant concern ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... liabilities. If future Australian government budgets are going to be under more pressure, then more vigorous government intervention is likely."